Skirt-binding.



No. 628,368. Patented July 4, I899.

c. L. SULZBERGER.

SKIRT BINDING.

(Application filed Nov. 10, 1998.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRUS L. SULZBERGER, OF. NEW YORK, N. Y.

SKIRT-BINDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 628,368, dated July 4, 1899. i

Application filed November 10,1898. Serial No. 696,060. on model.)

binding to prevent the same from being worn out at its lower edge and to greatly enhance the appearance of the binding.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to'be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a rear View of the same. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a similar View of a modified form of the improvement.

The improved skirt-binding illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is provided with a body A, of velvet or other suitable fabric material, below the lower edge of which extends or depends a brush B, connected by stitches C to the lower edge of the body A, the latter being turned over upon the back, as at A, to double the material at the juncture of the stitches with the lower edge of the body. The stitches pass through the looped portion of the head B of the brush B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3, and it is evident from said Fig. 3 that the head not only extends below the lower edge of the body A, but its face is in the same plane as that of the body, the stitches running in approximately vertical lines alongside one an-, other, as is plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Itis evident from the foregoing that by the arrangement described a very secure union is obtained between the head 13 of the brush and the fabric body A, the abutting edges of the two parts being almost invisible by placing the stitches close together one alongside the other. The skirt-binding thus produced has the appearance of a woven fabric, and by doubling the lower end of the body A and folding the stitches over a portion thereof a corded effect is produced which greatly adds to the sightliness of the binding.- The doubled-up portion A aids durability and protects the binding from being rapidly worn out at the lower edge when in use on a skirt. Furthermore,the doubled-up portion,together with the stitches, gives the material at the juncture the required stiffness as well as flexibility, so that the binding serves as a skirtextender when in use.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4: the stitches 0 pass through the doubled-up lower portion A of the body A, the same as in Fig.

3, so that a portion of the doubled-up part ap- 7o pears on the rear face of the fabric, as indicated in Fig. 2, the stitches also passing through the entire looped portion of the head of the brush B Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A skirt-binding,comprising a fabric body having its lower end doubled, a brush having its head entirely below and in alinement and contact with the underneath thickened edge formed on the fabric body by said doubled end, and stitches connecting the brush with the said doubled edge, the stitches running in unbroken approximately vertical lines alternately through the head of the brush and through the doubled-up portion of the fabric body, as and for the purpose described.

2. A skirt-binding consisting of a velvet body A having its lower edge doubled whereby to stiffen the same and serve as a distender to the skirt to which the binding is applied, a brush B having a head B whose upper side is in contact and alinement with the thickened lower edge, the said head lying entirely 5 below the velvet body A and stitches 0 connecting the brush to the body in the position aforesaid, the stitches passing alternately through the said thickened edge and through the head of the brush and running in the same direction as the threads of the brush-head, whereby to give to the binding the appearance of a woven fabric and rendering the joint between the respective abutting edges of the brush and body practically invisible, as and 

